Title: You Notice Everything Chapter 30
Slash/Mature: Don't like, don't read.
Summary: At the Reception for Delilah and Tim, a surprise guest shows up. Like always, Gibbs notices everything. Includes some spoilers for Episode 23 "Something Blue."
All mistakes are mine, this has not been proofed.
Short chapter, still on the mend from being sick. Feeling better though. Wanted to give you something to hold you over. Longer chapter soon.
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"Aunt Abby is going back to DC." Tali sat next to Tony on the couch while Gibbs sat in the chair across from them.
"She's already on the plane." Tony took a sip of his coffee.
"I wanna go home." She put her cup down on the coffee table and looked at him. "When are we going home?"
Tony smiled and picked her up putting her on his lap. "So DC is home now?"
She nodded.
"Well then I guess we better get home soon." Tony glanced over at Gibbs.
"Whenever you're ready." Gibbs said as he took a sip of his coffee.
"Friday whenever we can leave."
Gibbs' eyebrows went up. "Okay.
"That gives me today and hopefully part of Friday to finish things up." Tony sighed as he smiled at Gibbs. "I wanna go home too."
"Then let's get this done." Gibbs emptied his cup of coffee and stood up. "I'll refill and we'll start going through everything."
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"What about this one?" Gibbs asked holding up the stuffed teddy bear as he sat on the edge of the twin bed.
She shook her head.
"Okay." He put it in the box to be donated. They had been going through toys, stuffed animals, and clothes for almost an hour now and were finally reaching the end. He picked up a tan puppy dog with dark brown ears that was sitting on Tali's night stand. She took it and hugged it to her.
"Is that from Ima?" Gibbs could tell just by the look in the little girl's eyes.
Tali nodded then looked at Gibbs.
Reaching out Gibbs picked up Tali and sat her on his knee. Then he reached into his back pocket and pulled out his wallet. He pulled out a folded up picture, put the wallet on the night stand, then unfolded the picture and held it out towards Tali.
She pointed at the woman in the picture of the two people. "Ima."
"Ima." Gibbs nodded then pointed at the man in the picture. "Mike. One of my best friends, he's in heaven with Ima."
She looked up at Gibbs.
"They were friends."
Taking the picture she smiled. "Ima comes and sings to me when I can't sleep." She looked up at him. "Do you see Ima?"
"I do." He nodded then kissed her forehead.
She handed the picture back to Gibbs and jumped down. Walking over to the night stand she picked up the framed picture of Tony and Ziva in Paris. Making her way back over to him, she held it up to him. "I need a picture of us to put next to this one."
"We can do that."
"Do what?"
Tali and Gibbs both looked seeing Tony standing in the doorway of the bedroom.
"I want a picture of us like the one of you and Ima."
"I think that's a great idea." Tony walked over and picked her up then glanced around the room. "And where do you want to take this picture?"
"In my room at home."
Tony chuckled and shook his head. It still amazed him that DC had so quickly become home to her. "That will be one of the first things we do when we get home." Kissing her cheek he hugged her tightly then sat down on the bed next to Gibbs. "Does that sound good to you?" Tony grinned at Gibbs.
"Absolutely." Gibbs' hand caressed up Tony's back.
The loving touch made Tony smile.
"How about I go grab us some lunch." Gibbs stood up, grabbed his wallet from the night stand and shoved it back in his pocket. "I'll be back in a little bit." He started to walk out of the room and he felt the hand on his arm. Turning around, his blue eyes meet green.
"Did you get us a flight tomorrow?"
"I have it handled."
"You're up to something." Tony smirked.
"Is that so?"
"Yes."
Gibbs leaned towards his husband. "And if I am…do really want to know?"
Letting their bodies almost touch, Tony sighed. "No." Then a wide grin spread across his face, a grin quickly mirrored by Gibbs. "I do love your surprises."
Placing a quick kiss on Tony's lips, Gibbs gave his husband a wink. "I won't be long."
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Gibbs placed an order, paid for it then flipped open his phone and made the call.
"And here I thought I was getting out unscathed from the Gibbs calling in favors."
Gibbs snickered.
" 1300 tomorrow."
"Thanks"
"Congratulations, to both of you."
Gibbs closed the phone and walked back up to the counter just as they were about to call his name.
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Tali was already half way through her sandwich seemly completely uninterested in the conversation Tony and Gibbs were having.
"So 1300 hours that's it?"
Gibbs nodded.
"That's all I get to know?" Tony stared across the table at Gibbs.
Another nod.
"And you know we're going to have at least three or four checked bags."
Gibbs rolled his eyes.
"Well I'm just saying, checked bags can get expensive if you don't get the right airline."
Gibbs picked up his napkin and wiped his mouth. "I thought you liked my surprises?"
Tony bit at his lower lip. "I do but I'm also afraid you put us on a military transport."
Chuckling, Gibbs shook his head. "It's not a military transport." He caught a glimpse of Tali out of the corner of his eye. She had finisher her fries and was eyeing the pile on Gibbs' plate. Without even looking over he grabbed some and put them on her plate. She giggled and happily put a fry in her mouth.
"Good because I can't take a military transport."
"Is it a helicopter I wanna ride in it!" Tali chimed in.
"No." Tony balked.
Gibbs couldn't help but laugh. "Maybe I should get a military transport."
"No." Tony repeated. "This is not team up on Tony day."
Gibbs smirked and winked at Tali making her giggle. When he looked back over Tony was smiling, the soft loving smile that he had for Tali and now Gibbs. "What?"
Tony shook his head. "We're married a day and already we're bickering like an old married couple."
Gibbs reached across the table and took Tony's hand squeezing it gently.
"And our daughter is siding with you." Tony took a deep breath and sighed. "I never thought I would be this happy."
Gibbs thumb brushed softly back and forth across Tony's hand. "Neither did I."
Clearing his throat and pushing down the emotion, Tony squeezed Gibbs' hand then let it go. "Okay back to work, we have a lot to get done."
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Staring at the sippy cup, Tony sighed and leaned back against the counter. It was one of the first sippy cups Tali had ever used covered in little picture of lady bugs. Even when she could barely talk she had reached for the bug covered cup on the shelf.
"They grow up fast…too fast." Gibbs made his way over and stood in front of his husband.
"I remember being so proud and terrified first time she drank from a cup." Tony shook his head. "So many conflicting emotions being a parent."
Stepping closer Gibbs kissed Tony's forehead.
"She uses it but she doesn't need to...I make her use it more than she probably wants to." Tony sat the cup down on the counter.
"Keep it." Gibbs wrapped his arms around his husband.
Tony's hands caress up Gibbs' chest and around his neck.
"At least for now."
"You do have your sentiment streak don't you." Tony grinned.
Gibbs shrugged. "Does she talk about Ziva a lot to you?"
"Sometimes." Tony grew somber. "She can go days weeks without mentioning her then she can talk about her all day for days on end or it can be a quick question."
"She sees Ziva."
Tony sighed. "I know."
"And?"
"And what?" Tony's hands slid from Gibbs' neck and came to rest on his chest.
"And what do you think about that?"
"I think she's a little girl that misses her mom." Tony stared at Gibbs' shirt picking at a loose thread. "And if her mom comes to sing to her when she can't sleep…" He shrugged. "It is what it is and I would never take that away from her."
"Do you see her?"
Tony shook his head. "I feel like she's around sometimes, especially when something happens with Tali…and I see her in Tali certain mannerisms, a laugh, odd little things."
"It's important we make sure she remembers and knows about Ziva."
"I agree, but you were the one that didn't want to talk about Ziva."
"No, I didn't want to talk about your relationship with Ziva." Gibbs paused. "And I know that's part of all of this and I'm dealing with it."
"Jethro it's nothing like what we have."
"I know."
"And it wasn't exactly a relationship."
"I just want you to know that I want to talk to Tali about Ziva. I want both of us to."
"Good because she has more and more questions as she gets older." Tony looked up at Gibbs. "A few months ago before we came to DC she asked why I didn't live with her and Ima."
"I'm sure she'll have a lot more questions about that." Gibbs' lips brushed against Tony's. "And we'll deal with it, together."
Tony smiled and his arms went back around Gibbs' neck. "You know I don't exactly enjoy the thought of all your past relationships." Tony rolled his eyes. "Mann, Ryan-"
"I get it." Gibbs rolled his eyes as he cut in.
"You're so sexy when you get all flustered." Tony pressed his body against his husband's.
"Well…" Gibbs tried to hide a smirk. "You have that effect on me."
"I think I'm starting to feel the effect I have on you." Tony's eyebrow went up. "And here I was starting to get worried because you haven't given me any sexy little glances or innuendos today."
"Oh believe me I have definitely been looking at you all day." Gibbs' hands clawed at Tony's back. "Especially when you were bent over in the closet."
"You are such an ass man."
Gibbs licked his lips as thoughts of a naked Tony sprawled out on the bed ass in the air raced through his mind.
"Save those naughty thoughts for tonight." Tony almost whimpered.
"Don't think you'll be too tired?"
Tony gave Gibbs an evil glare then leaned in and whispered in his husband's ear. He felt the fingertips dig into his back as Gibbs stifled a moan.